Persistent human hepatitis B virus infection in cynomolgus monkeys: A novel animal model in the search for a cure?

Hepatology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1533-1536

  Bukh, Jens ^a,b   Lanford, Robert E ^c   Purcell, Robert H ^d  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c SOUTHWEST NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COVALENTLY CLOSED CIRCULAR DNA; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; POLYPEPTIDE; SODIUM TAUROCHOLATE COTRANSPORTING POLYPEPTIDE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR AGONIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS DNA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ARTICLE; BABOON; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CHIMPANZEE; COST; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PLATYRRHINI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RHESUS MONKEY; SPIDER MONKEY; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WOOLLY MONKEY;

ANIMALS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; MONKEY DISEASES;

EID: 84887022368     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.26560     Document Type: Article

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